Top 20 movies in Hollywood history?

This film is the most classic in film history and is called "the monument of modern film" by the world. This story tells the life of Charles Foster Kane, an American newspaper tycoon. Including the hero's childhood, career, love, marriage, power and friendship. ...

This film is produced by Lei Dianhua Company1941; Orson welles, who is only 25 years old, is a virgin. This is a rich and philosophical biographical film. There are many differences between modern films and traditional films, the most notable of which is the handling of story elements. Citizen Kane is no longer the traditional closed structure of sequence structure and a single point of view, but a flashback and open treatment of the story. The movie * * * won nine nominations, but was defeated by How Green My Valley is, and finally won only one award for the best original screenplay. However, this does not prevent it from becoming one of the greatest films in film history. For over fifty years, it has been regarded as a classic by filmmakers. Not long ago, in order to commemorate the centenary of the film's birth, the American Film Academy selected the most representative 100 films in American film history. Citizen Kane deserved the first place.

2. Casablanca (1942) Casablanca

He also translated "The Bourne of North Africa", which combines human heroes and war love. On the second day of the Pearl Harbor incident 194 1, 65438+February 7th, Warner Film Company purchased the right to shoot the script "Everyone goes to Rick Hotel". Both producer Wallis and director Mike Curtis are very interested in making an anti-fascist film at this moment without losing the characteristics of Hollywood, so they hired three senior screenwriters, including the Epstein brothers, to adapt it. At the same time, famous film actors of different nationalities are carefully selected to play the roles in the film: Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman who plays Ilsa, American actor humphrey bogart who plays Rick, Austrian actor Paul Henryde who plays Laszlo, German actor Conrad Veidt who plays Major Strasbourg and British actor Claude Rains who plays Captain Renault. That is, the supporting roles are all made up of first-class actors. 16 Academy Awards, Casablanca was nominated for best film, best director, best leading actor, best supporting actor, best black-and-white cinematography, best screenwriter, best music and best editing. In the end, he won three awards: best film, best director and best screenwriter.

3. Godfather (1972) Godfather

The Godfather is based on mario puzo's best-selling novel. After the original novel came out, it was called the masterpiece of modern popular novel by western critics. The film The Godfather lasts for three hours. The main plot and characters of the novel are basically retained, but some naked descriptions are deleted. The whole movie is expressed through the perspective of an outsider, Michael's wife Kay, and the inside activities of the Collens seem so absurd and terrible. Planning, assassination, chase, gun battle and other scenes are continuous, and the atmosphere is cold. It is really thrilling and unbearable. This film provides quite vivid materials for understanding the inside story of the mafia.

This film won the best picture, best actor and best adapted screenplay awards at the 45th Academy Awards.

4. Gone with the wind (1939) Gone with the wind

Gone with the Wind is a film based on Margaret Mitchell's best-selling novel Gone with the Wind, which took three years from preparation to completion and cost four million dollars. Producer David Selznick used eighteen screenwriters, and finally Sidney Howard adapted it into a screenplay. Selznick not only participated in writing the script, but also carefully selected a group of first-class film artists including directors and actors to participate in the production.

This blockbuster is three hours and forty-five minutes long. The first half of the film is like an epic. The scenes of fighting, fleeing, shooting and fire in Atlanta are large in scale and bold in color. The second half is a sad psychological drama, which reveals the process of the heroine's personality destruction in the conflict with society with the power of drama: the more she pursues wealth, the more ruthless she is.

The original film Gone with the Wind, one of the most important classic films in Hollywood history, was put in a golden jar and became a precious cultural relic in the history of movies.

5. Lawrence in Africa (1962) Lawrence in Arabia

This is a really great thriller. The uniqueness of this film is that it successfully combines two aspects that are often incompatible-both magnificent battle scenes and interesting and wise research on historical figures. . Time magazine once commented: "Time and time again, the huge rectangular picture frame of the big screen is open like the door of a huge melting furnace. The audience is absorbed in the melting flash of pure gold sand and stares at the empty and splendid vastness, just like staring at the eyes of God."

Because of its outstanding achievements, this film won seven awards at the 35th Oscar, including best film, best director, best color cinematography, best color cinematography artist, best editing, best sound effect and best original music. It is considered as one of the greatest biographical films in film history.

6. The Wizard of Oz (1939) The Wizard of Oz

A classic children's musical film based on a fairy tale of the same name. The little girl Dorothy went out alone because she talked back to her aunt who adopted her. As a result, she was blown by a tornado to a lilliputian country with flowers in full bloom. With the help of fairies and people, she came to Green Crystal City along the yellow brick road, looking for the great wizard to find her way home.

This film is directed and supervised by Gone with the Wind, with touching plot, beautiful melody and far-reaching significance. Its theme song "Song of the Rainbow" has been sung for many years. At the 12 Academy Awards, this film won the best original music and the best song.

7. Graduate (1967).

Tell the story of a man who just graduated from school and took a mother and daughter to travel in summer, showing the confusion of young people at that time, not knowing what they were going to do and what they wanted.

Music in movies has become a classic.

Starring young dustin hoffman and anne Bancroft, they won the Oscar for Best Actor and Actress in the same year. In addition, the film also won the best director and best supporting actress.

8. Waterfront (1954) Wharf Storm

The story of a docker's "struggle" reflects the political outlook of new york in 1950s. In the same year, he won several Oscar awards, including best director, best supporting actor and best film.

9. Schindler List (1993) Schindler List

This is the youngest and highest-ranked film in this ranking. It seems that up to now, its picture is still deeply imprinted in people's minds.

This film is full of wisdom and enthusiasm, and it is also the most touching work since Steven Allan Spielberg started shooting.

He won six awards at the 66th Academy Awards, including best film, best director, best adapted screenplay, best art direction, best cinematography and best film editing.

Film music has undoubtedly become a classic in the world's film music treasure house.

10. Singing in the rain (1952) Singing in the rain

This is a relaxed and beautiful musical that I quite like. It is said that the scene of the hero dancing with an umbrella in the rain is still a compulsory course for students of Film Academy and Dance Academy.

The plot is actually very simple, that is, how three musical actors discover new performance styles. And achieved great success.

Although it didn't win several Oscars, the humor, the perfect combination of music, dance and story in the film added a lot of color to the film history.

1 1. What a wonderful life (1946).

The black-and-white film produced by Lei is directed by 1946, starring.

James stewart plays a young man in a small town. He has been trying to be kind, but he feels that he has failed and wants to commit suicide. Guardian angel Henry Trevor showed him his past righteous actions and mistakes.

Adapted from a short story sent to a friend as a Christmas card by the writer Philip Van Doren Stern, the original script is lively and full of humor, but the director capra regards it as a more serious classic.

Man of the Hour is the first film directed by frank capra after he retired from World War II, and it is also his first collaboration with the best actor james stewart.

The style continues the previous "Rich Clouds" and "Like a Dream", and also pursues the American dream.

Capra said in his autobiography that this film is his best work. However, in that year, he met his strong rival "Golden Age" (Oscar's best film) and lost $525,000 in the premiere.

The lineup was chosen temporarily, including donna reed and Leon Barrymore, all of whom gave full play to their roles.

12. Sunset Avenue (1950) Sunset Avenue

To tell the truth, there is little information about this film. It was defeated by the Oscar-winning film Everything About Eve, but it did not hinder its position in the history of movies. The film is also translated into Gold Powder in the Red Chamber, which is a black-and-white film produced by Paramount, directed by billy wilder 1950 and starring gloria swanson and william holden. This movie is one of the comedies of Hollywood legendary black-and-white movies. This is a popular place for Hollywood stars to gather. Among them, there was a murder in a mansion on Sunset Avenue. The screenwriter Joe Gillis (william horton) was shot in the swimming pool, and the story unfolded in flashback.

Charles Brackett won the best screenplay, best artistic direction and best score for Sunset Boulevard.

13. bridge on the river kwai (1957) bridge on the river kwai

Based on Pierre Boulle's novel of the same name, 1957 was produced by Colombian company. Director: David Lane, with the main actors: Alec Ginnasi (Nicholson), jack hawkins (Faton), Saijiu Hayakawa (Saito) and william horton (shields). It tells the story of the construction and final bombing of a bridge on the Myanmar border occupied by Japanese troops in 1943. It can be called the most tortuous and profound war movie in the history of movies.

The film won seven awards, including best film, best director, best actor, best screenwriter, best cinematography, best editing and best music.

14. Some people like it hot (1959) is passion.

1959 directed by billy wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Mona Lee. Adapted from the Broadway musical Sugar. The time background is 1929 prohibition period.

The ingenious design of men dressed as women in the film not only makes the two leading men show superb acting skills, but also is a pioneer in subverting gender consciousness. Marilyn Monroe and Joe Brown play their lovers. Monroe's screen image is still sexy and innocent, and playing a seductive singer is her sexiest performance. Brown's performance made people laugh and cry.

Won the Oscar for Best Fashion Design.

15. Star Wars (1977) Star Wars

This is the top science fiction film in this ranking, which shows its impact on people's old ideas in the 1970s. Produced by 20th Century Fox, directed by george lucas 1977, starring mark hamill, carrie fisher and Harrison Ford.

This movie can be said to be the representative work of george lucas, the founder of science fiction movies, which swept the world in the 1970s and led the trend of science fiction movies.

16. Everything about Eve (1950) all about eve.

Foster's black-and-white film was created by Joseph L. Manki in 1950.

Wicz), the main actors: Taves (Margo), Anna Baxter (Ava), george sanders (Adelson), Calais Meryl (Bill) and Marilyn Monroe (Miss Caswell).

"all about eve" shows the inside story of stage life, and the experience of how an unknown girl reached the star throne. This film is adapted from the radio drama The Wisdom of Eve directed by Meng Jiwei. The script structure is more rigorous and practical than Sunset Avenue, and the dialogue is more witty and spicy, which appropriately reveals the darkness behind the stage.

All about eve won six Oscars, including best film, best supporting actor, best director, best screenwriter and best sound effect.

17. Queen of Africa (195 1) Queen of Egypt.

Produced by IFD, directed by John Huston, starring humphrey bogart and katharine hepburn. The story is set in the First World War. humphrey bogart plays an alcoholic businessman selling goods by the river, while katharine hepburn plays a reserved nun. Due to the situation, they had to escape on a cargo ship, and later they were converted into torpedo boats to attack German gunboats. Because of their diametrically opposite personalities, the two men often gave each other tit for tat along the way, but after all this, they were surprised to find that they really fell in love. Many times, there are only two heroes and heroines in the film, but two hard-working actors are enough to hold up the overall situation and make people feel boring. Because this film is full of local interest, the American Film Institute selected it as one of the "Top Ten Best Films in America" in 1977.

Starring Bogart also won an Oscar for this film.

18. Psycho (1960) was shocking.

This black-and-white film was produced by Shamlli and adapted from Robert Burrow's novel, and written by Joseph Stefano. 1960 directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring anthony perkins and janet leigh.

This film can be said to be an unprecedented successful horror film, with bold techniques and amazing pictures. Even after decades, the bloody scene of murder still makes the audience tremble with fear. As Hitchcock's most skillful classic, no movie about murder and mental illness has ever shocked the audience so strongly. The story describes a girl who stole public funds and stayed in a motel during her escape, but was killed by a schizophrenic madman in the bathroom. Her sister and boyfriend joined the police investigation, and finally revealed the truth of the madman under the gradual investigation.

Hitchcock, a master of tension, successfully manipulated the audience's emotions with his skillful cinematography skills, and the scene of jenny lee's murder in the bathroom became a classic picture in the history of movies. In just 30 seconds, the director cut into 35 shots, editing quickly, and the lens position was fine, creating a realistic and ferocious effect. In addition, the score of Herman's sharp string also contributes a lot to the cultivation of tension.

Personally, I think the so-called horror films directed by modern directors can't be compared with them.

19. Chinatown (1974) Chinatown

Produced by Paramount, directed by roman polanski 1974, starring Jack Nicholson, faye dunaway, John Huston and roman polanski.

Oscar for best original screenplay, the story happened in Los Angeles in 1930s. A private detective (Jack Nicholson) is employed by a beautiful young woman (faye dunaway) to investigate her extramarital affairs, only to be involved in a complicated chaebol plot and incest tragedy.

A nostalgic detective film with complex plot and rich drama, a wonderful performance by the director and editor, is the representative work of film noir in 1970s. However, this film is worthy of criticism because of its insulting meaning.

20. One flew over the madhouse (1975).

American production, directed by milos forman 1975, starring Jack Nicholson, louise fletcher and brad dourif.

Adapted from Kenkisser's novel, a rebellious middle-aged prisoner pretends to be insane and is sent to a state mental hospital. Because he led the patients in the hospital to resist the high-pressure system of the hospital, he was really scared into dementia by the doctors in the hospital.

This film can be said to reflect the hippie culture and anti-government system at that time, while the director handled the highly critical and serious theme in a moderate and conservative narrative form, achieving the effect of appealing to both refined and popular tastes.

This film won the 48th Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor and Actress.

2 1. Grapes of Wrath (1940) Grapes of Wrath

In the 20th century, FOSS produced a black-and-white film, 1940, directed by john ford and starring henry fonda, Jane Darwell and john carradine.

Adapted from john steinbeck's classic novel, it describes that during the Great Depression in the 1930s, the Joads, like thousands of Oklahoma farmers, reluctantly left their hometown to make a living in California. Although the reality is not ideal, they are squeezed out and crushed, but they still have not given up hope. It can be said that this film well embodies the connotation of the original work.

This film is not only one of the representative works of director john ford, but also records the bitterness and grief of American society at that time through the film language, and shows superb standards in editing, directing, acting, shooting and music.

Not only did it cause quite a stir when it premiered that year, but even if you watch the film more than 50 years later, you can still feel its bold and strong accusation and the brilliance of human nature.

In 1977, the American Film Academy selected this film as one of the top ten American films, and American film critics also selected it as one of the "Ten Greatest American Films" in 1973.

The director and supporting actress of this film won two Oscars.

22.200 1: Space Roaming (1968) 200 1 Space Roaming.

Produced by MGM, directed by stanley kubrick 1968, starring keir dullea, William Sylvester and Gary Lockwood.

Describe the whole historical process of human progress from primitive times to 2 1 century. Finally, the computer refused to obey the astronauts' orders in an attempt to compete with human intelligence. When the film was first released, many people thought it was abstruse, lengthy and boring, but now it has been recognized as one of the greatest films of the 20th century.

Its scientific imagination is strikingly reflected in images, which no one can surpass so far; As a prediction of technical counterattack, no one can be as chilling as it is.

Among them, the props are also wonderful, and most of the funds in the whole film are spent on exquisite props. It took five years from planning to completion, and it took one and a half years to shoot special effects.

He was the runner-up in the box office in 1968, but the film only won the Oscar for best special effects.

23. maltese falcon (194 1) Ma Ying.

A black-and-white film produced by Warner, directed by 194 1 John Huston and starring humphrey bogart, mary astor and sidney green Street.

Adapted from the masterpiece of detective story master hammett, maltese falcon is the first film directed by screenwriter John Huston and one of his most successful works, which can be said to set a benchmark for the future film film noir.

This is the first time that humphrey bogart has established his "image". Sam Spade, the detective he played, was lonely, cold, and inseparable from good and evil, which became the blueprint of similar roles such as The North African Bourne and Sleeping, and was imitated by countless people in later generations.

The plot describes that after his partner was killed, Spade was involved in a conspiracy of several suspicious people who tried to own an expensive figurine by hook or by crook.

This film is the only one that didn't win an Oscar. Although he was shortlisted for three awards (Sydney Green Struggle), he was defeated by How Green My Valley is and The Flyover.

24. Angry Bull (1980) Angry Bull

The American 1980 black-and-white film was directed by martin scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty and joe pesci.

Jack Ramo, the American middleweight champion in the 1940s, finally reached the top after years of hard work, but was defeated by a rookie in 54 years and never recovered. After quitting boxing, he opened a bar in Miami, divorced his wife because of debauchery, and was charged with imprisonment. After being released from prison, he still runs a bar and entertains customers as a comedian.

Robert Dinello once again showed his skill of "acting whatever he plays". From his twenties to middle age, he even gained 60 pounds at the end of the film, which was impressive and won him the title of Oscar winner.

However, unlike previous boxing movies, the boxing scenes in Angry Bull are few and vivid, and the boxing match of just 12 minutes is extremely sad and almost scary.

The film won the Best Actor and the Best Editing Award.

25. Extraterrestrial aliens (1982)

This is an excellent science fiction film not only suitable for children, but also for adults, which makes aliens so cute and kind for the first time.

Universal 1982, directed by Steven Allan Spielberg and starring dee wallace, henry thomas and Drew Barrymore. This is the most famous and favorite film of Spielberg, the great director.

The film describes an alien ET who was taken in by a little boy because of a spaceship failure and mistakenly entered the earth. However, ET's unwilling personality has brought him and his family a lot of trouble.

He won four awards in music, acoustics, sound effects and visual effects in the 55th Oscar, and won the North American box office championship for more than ten years in a row. Until recently, it was broken by the comeback of Star Wars and Titanic.

The whole movie, starring several child stars, looks like a children's movie, but the warmth, humor and imagination it conveys also moved adults to tears. Child stars henry thomas and Jules Barrymore have become household names.

26. Dr. Qi Ai (1964) Dr. Qi Ai

Colombian black-and-white film, 1963 directed by stanley kubrick and starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott.

The original name is also called "How to love the bomb instead of worrying about it?" How did I learn to stop worrying and fall in love with bombs? It was full of irony and ridicule. The script was written by Kubrick and others based on peter george's novel The Red Arendt.

In the early 1960s, the confrontation between Kennedy and Khrushchev was the most tense and intense period. Kubrick took the real American military and political circles as the background, and inserted absurd characters and plots, which reflected people's contradictory mentality at that time.

The story took place in the war room of the Pentagon, the command base of the US Air Force and a B-52 bomber carrying a hydrogen bomb capable of destroying the world were cut back and forth in three locations.

The later the time is, the faster the stitching speed is, and the crisis is pushed to the extreme by the suspense of the image, which makes the audience fidget and sweat, but there are several monsters in the middle, which makes people laugh.

The excellent performance of the actors makes the whole film dazzling. Peter Scheler is divided into three parts: the American president, the British officer and the strange Dr. Love.

This film has never won an Oscar either.

27. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Bonnie and Clyde.

Produced by Warner, directed by Arthur ·Pann, 1967, starring Warren Beatty, faye dunaway and Gene Hackman, is Warren Beatty's first self-made masterpiece, which also won the reputation of Fei Donnelly.

When it comes to Bonnie and Clyde, people immediately think that Bonnie and Clyde are partners. This film is based on a true story, which happened during the Great Depression in 1930s. They not only robbed banks in partnership, but even killed many innocent people and went to the road of no return.

Under the unique aesthetic creation of director Arthur Pan, the whole film exudes a strong nostalgic color, and the slow-motion shooting scene at the end of the scene is more like a sad death ceremony. While making people nervous, I don't know whether to hate or love the protagonist.

When it premiered that year, it was scolded to pieces by defenders and critics. However, it did not fall in the attack, but became a popular film, which made a lot of money and made young people's clothes and ideas tend to imitate the style of the 1930 s.

The film also has a special style, that is, a sense of comedy and horror are combined. The romantic and ridiculous criminal process is very funny, but it is gradually introduced into the shadow of horrible and bloody death, and oliver stone's Sha Ping Killer is influenced by it.

She won the 40th Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and Photography with 1967.

28. Apocalypse Now (1979) Apocalypse Now

American production, 1979, directed by francis coppola, starring martin sheen, robert duvall and Marlon Brando.

Adapted from Conrad's original book "Black Heart", it is one of Coppola's masterpieces that cost 10 million yuan. It describes an American captain who was ordered to go deep into the Cambodian jungle during the Vietnam War to find an American colonel Coates and assassinate him.

This film is Coppola's controversial war epic. Through the mission trip of Captain America, it leads the audience to explore chaos, chaos and surrealism for a long time.

The highlight of the whole movie is vittorio Storaro's amazing photographic images, which completely lead the audience into the confused jungle. Generally speaking, this is a shocking work. Coppola's technique is vigorous and powerful, shaping the Vietnam War full of gunfire into an apocalyptic hell landscape. About, future war movies can draw some insights from it.

He won the Cannes Film Festival Award and two Oscars for Best Photography and Best Sound.

However, due to his big investment, the production cost of that year kept increasing, which made the film production tend to be high-input and get big scenes.

29. Mr Smith went to Washington.

Black-and-white film also produced in Colombia, directed by frank capra, 1939, starring james stewart, Claude Lei Ensi and jean arthur. One of frank capra's classic works describes an idealized young man trying to change the process of corruption and distortion of laws in the United States Senate.

Mr Smith, played by james stewart, was chosen to fill the vacancy of a seriously ill senator in the Senate. When he came to the Capitol, he was overwhelmed by a group of corrupt politicians. However, he stuck to his beliefs and condemned what he saw.

James stewart's performance in the film is convincing again. He won the Best Actor Award from the New York Film Critics Association, and his honest screen image is exemplary. It also reflects the narrow glitz of American filmmakers.

He was selected as one of the top ten films of the year by the American Film Critics Association. He was shortlisted for nine golden awards, including best film, director, leading actor, script, supporting actor (two), sound effect, soundtrack and interior decoration. Unfortunately, gone with the wind happened that year, and Mr. Wang failed to get in touch with beauty. In the end, only the original work of Louis Foster won the prize.

30. The treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) bathed in blood.

The black-and-white film 1948 produced by Warner was directed by John Huston and starred by humphrey bogart, walter huston and Tim Holt.

John Heston, the director and screenwriter, has made many films of this type, but this film about greed, fear and murder is undoubtedly the most successful, and the superb performance of the protagonist humphrey bogart is also an important factor.

His style in this film is the most special. In the two-hour image, we saw that he gradually changed from an amiable person to a paranoid person, and finally killed his good friend with ecstasy. The reason for his depravity and madness is gold, and why gold has become a curse and why it has the power to destroy people's hearts is the focus of this film.

In the original novel, there is only a very thin social consciousness, but John Huston has intensified his attack on capitalists, and the word "capitalism" has never been mentioned in the whole film. He hides his views behind the actor's character and behavior. This should be a brilliant director's best interpretation method, which implies his own personal views, but can make the audience understand.

The strong motion of the film lies in the sharp editing and images, and there is no strange angle to directly attract the audience. The film structure is very concise and powerful.

He won three awards: Oscar for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor.

3 1. annie hall (1977)

Produced in America, 1977, directed by Woody Allen, starring Woody Allen and diane keaton.

This is a romantic comedy with strong autobiographical color, which was co-produced by Woody Allen and his then lover diane keaton.

In the film, Avisinger and annie hall meet at the tennis court. They fall in love and live together, but they break up because of the friction between life and ideas. After that, the two tried to get back together, and the results were not suitable.

Generally speaking, the whole film does not have a complete story, and its structure is quite free and unrestrained. The dialogue is permeated with new york's "intellectual" criticism of the world, and there is a kind of self-mockery of Woody Allen, which makes people laugh, and his comedy style has been established since then.

In addition, diane keaton's neutral dress in the film also led a fashion trend.

The award-winning record of this film is magnificent, including Oscar for best film, best actress, best director, best screenwriter award and best actor nomination award (that year, Star Wars was shortlisted for the Oscar); Best film, actress and director award of the British Academy of Film Arts; Golden Globe Award for comedy/music actress; Director Association Best Director Award; American Film Critics Association Award for Best Film and Actress.

32. Godfather II (1974) Godfather II

Produced by Paramount, directed by francis ford coppola 1974, starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, diane keaton and robert duvall.